2 BJP functionaries acquitted in assault on cops

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- Vikrant Jha

MUMBAI: More than two decades after two BJP functionaries were accused of barging into a police station and threatening officers during a late-night crackdown ona party worker, a city sessions court acquitted them for lack of evidence.

The prosecution failed to establish the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, said the court. “In the absence of cogent, consistent, and reliable evidence, both the accused are entitled to the benefit of doubt,” observed additional sessions judge Satyanarayan R Navander, in the 38-page judgment delivered on July 19.